Tabassum Barnagarwala

On December 30, Bala Parab was doing the rounds of neighbourhoods in Maharashtra’s Kalyan West, campaigning for the civic polls being held in the state after a four-year delay, when he got a call from an aide. Three corporators of the Bharatiya Janata Par... See more

I grew up in a small flat in a quiet locality in Indore. We had no dining table so we would sit on a carpet, laying out a plastic sheet on which to eat our meals. Every day, as I hurried to catch the school bus, I would have the same breakfast waiting for... See more

In August, a strange story from Mumbai appeared in the news. The city’s municipal corporation began to shut down 51 kabutarkhanas in response to a silent health crisis – the bird droppings were causing respiratory troubles for residents. It was not the de... See more

Thirty-five-year-old Haroli Shekhar lives in a village in Raichur, one of Karnataka’s poorest districts. Every day, seven members of his large family of landless labourers go out seeking work. Sometimes, they labour at construction sites, but most of the ... See more

Thirty-five-year-old Haroli Shekhar lives in a village in Raichur, one of Karnataka’s poorest districts. Every day, seven members of his large family of landless labourers go out seeking work. Sometimes, they labour at construction sites, but most of the ... See more